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VOLUME XXS
ELON COLLEGE, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1946
NUMBER ONE
FOURTEEN NEW MEMBERS JOIN FACULTY
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G.l. RETURN BRINGS RECORD ENROLLMENT
Dr. Reynolds Heads
The Department Of
Religious Education
Because of the increase in the size
of the student body and the replace
ments of staff needed, fourteen fac
ulty members have been added this
fall. Two more will probably be se
cured soon in order to take care of
the overflow in some classes.
Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds will be head
of the Department of Religion, replac
ing Dr. Merton French, who resigned
to accept a position with his Alma
Mater. Washburn University la Kan
sas. Dr. Reynolds holds degrees
from Butler University and Hartford
Seminary; he also completed his Ph.
D. at the University of Edinburg,
Scotland.
Mr. C. A. Johnson, B. S., M. S., Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute, will direct
the Department of Business Adminis
tration. Mr. Johnson took over his
duties last spring. Mrs. Johnson, who
is a graduate of the University of Ken
tucky, has also joined the staff in the
teaching of commercial subjects this
quarter. They have takei^up residence
In the Veterans Courts.^
In the Department of Physical Ed
ucation, L. J. “Hap" Perry, whose ap
pointment was announced last year
when he resigned from the superin-
tendency of the Reidsville city schools,
has assumed his duties as dlrectw: and
head coach of football. Lt. J. L. Pierce
returned to duty upon his discharge
from the Navy after service in the
Pacific; and Garland Causey was ap
pointed line coach shortly after his re
turn from Tiniaa and Saipan where
he was with the army. The fourth
member of this departnjient is Miss
Wanda' Whicker, a graduate of Appa
lachian. Coaches Perry and Pierce
hold. Master’s degrees from Univer
sity of North CarolHia.
Miss Lycia Payne, who was former
ly an instructor here, has been ap
pointed to head tl|e Defartment of
Home Economics. Payne is a
graduate of the Georgia State Col
lege for Women, and completed her
Master’s degree at Peabody Univer
sity. '
Other appointments to the faculty
include the following;
Mrs. L. S. McDonald, B. A. Mary
ville (Tenn.) College, M^ A. University
of North Carolina, and Mr. Fred L.
Creelman, B. A. Bates College, M. A.
Brown University, both teaching in
the Department of English; Mrs. Bes
sie Walldroff, A. B. Syracuse Univer
sity, M. A. St. Lawrence University,
Biology; M. C. Walker,’ A. B. Bard
College of Columbia University, M. A.
Teachers’ College of Columbia Uni
versity, Voice; Miss Amelia Jane
Thiele, B. S. JuUiard Institute of Mu
sical Art, Piano; C. W. Paskins, B. Ed.,
Eastern Illinois State College, M. A.
Duke University, History; Miss Fran
ces Muldrow, B. A. Georgia State
College fc^^'\^me», 'M,. A. Duke Uni-
vefsity, Spanish; Miss Lula Browne,
B. A. Elon C/flege, Chrib%ian Educa
tion; and Mr. Earl Danieley, B. A.
Elon College, Chemistry.
AMONG FACULTY ADDITIONS, os fall quarter begins, are Dr. Ferris E. Reynolds (left), head of the De
partment of Religious Education and instructor in religion and Greek; Miss Mary Frances Muldrow, in
structor in Spanish; Mr. Millard C. Walker, who has joined the Music Department as voice instructor; and
Mrs. Bessie Walldroff (right), who is instructing in biology.
Vet Project
Aids Housing
Difficulties
Football Back At Elon
After 4-Year Absence
Varsity football officially returna
to Elon after a four year’s absence
when the Fighting Christians meet
Atlantic Christian College here next
Thursday night, i^eptember 26, in a
Notrh State conference game. With a
nucleus of six returning lettermen,
Coach L. J. “Hap” Perry, aided by
coaches Garland Causey, Jan L.
Pierce, and Bill Palantonio, is^ build
ing a team upon which Elon’s Hopes
for a conference title will rest. Ex
cept for the six pre-war varsity men
—Jack Russell, Steve Catsura, George
Shumar, and Dave MIcClenny,, backs;
and Louis Agresta and Mike Kozake-
wich, tackle and end respectively—
the team will be composed of high
school players and returned service
men who have had no previous ex
perience onjhe college gridiron.
Coach Perry, who comes to Elon
from Reidsville high school, has been
putting his team through extensive
maneuvers for the past two weeks,
and he will intensify his efforts as the
encounter with A. C. C. approaches.
Emphasis has been placed on tackling
and blocking for defense, and on tim
ing plays for the offense. While
some improvement has keen shown
by the team since practice sessions
began. Coach Perry believes there is
still muah work to be done.
In a trial scrimmage at Chapel Hill
last Saturday, held behind locked
gaets with Coach Carl Snavely’s Uni
versity of North Carolina charges, the
Elon team performed in a creditable
manner against the stronger Caro
lina squad. Melvin, Agresta, Brande,
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FACULTY RECEPTION
WELCOMES STUDENTS
AS NEW TERM OPENS
I BID NIGHT
I TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 13
WHITLET MOVIES
“Her Highness and the Bellboy.”
.starring Heddy Lamarr, Robert Walk
er, and June Allysoa, is tonight’s fea-
.ture movie in Whitley Auditorium.
Next Friday and Saturday, September
27 and 26, "Weekend at the Waldorf.”
with Walter Pidgeon and Ginger Rog-
ors will be the main attraction.
On Saturday night, September 8,
the newly arrived stuents of Elon
were entertained at the annual faculty
reception in West dormitory, in fie
first social gathering of the fall quart
er.
Fred Register, president of the stu
dent body, introduced the guests to
the receiving (line which was headed
by Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Smith, Dean
and Mrs. D. J. Bowden, Professor and
Mrs. A. L. Hook, E>ean Christine Har
dy, other members of the faculty, and
Miss Louise Clayton, president of the
Student Council.
The student guests were' directed
later to the faculty parlor for refresh
ments, served by the members of the
senior and sophomore classes. Furth
er entertainment followed in Society
Hall.
Lavish decorations, effecting a yel
low candle light theme, were used in
Hie West reception hall, and a green
and white motif was carried out in
Society Hall, all decorations being the
work of the junior and senior classes.
ADMINISTRATIVE
NOTICES
FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH—Andre Saltmin
(on steps), recent arrival to the Elon scene from Baghdad, Iraq, dis^
cusses life in the United States with his roonvmate, Nick George,
whose home also is in the Near East—the island of Cyfmis. A*idK
was disHlusioned about American women after seeing the freshman
gitls wUhput make-up, during last week's initiation.
All senior class members pre-
paringr or planning senior essays
in place of comprahenslre exams
must turn in topic to the head of
department by Tuesday, October
15.
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To avoid conflict, all club meet
ings and socials should be cleared
throug-h Dean Bowden’s office and
recorded on the Deanes calendar.
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ALL ORGANIZATIONS MUST
CHOOSE SPONSORS AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE!
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The college has received num
erous calls concerning secretarial,
nuBsing, and other job openings.
If the wife of any campus Veteran
is seeking employment, or would
like to obtain ^ll-time or part-
time work, it is suggested that
she leave her name and qualifica
tions at the Dean’s office. ^
FLASH!
Elon College will observe its first
pre-war style “blcL weekend” on Sat
urday* October 12, when the four cam-
j pus social fraternities join with their
I sister sororities for' the first ttme in
* four years in extending bids to new
members. The fraternities. Alpha Pi
Delta, Iota Tau Kappa, Kappa Psi
Nu, and Sigma Phi Beta, disbanded
during the years .^d reorganized
last spring with a rush season sep
arate from that of their respective sis
ters, Pi Kappa Tau, Beta Omicron
Beta, Tau Zeta Phi, and Delta Up-
silon Kappa. |! j
According to tradition, rush season
will begin Se|lfember 30, two weeks
prior to bid-night, and during that
time the social organizations will ex
tend courtesies to prospective^ mem
bers in what is usually the height of
the social season on the Elon campus.
Although HO definite plans have
been made and there has been no
meeting of the Pan-Hellenic Council,
which governs the activities of the
social clubs, the outlook for this year’s
activity seems unusually bright, with
a lar.ge number of students eligible
from whom the fraternities and so
rorities can draw new members.
With several hundred returning
G.I.’s in the vanguard, the start of
the fall term, has brougHt the largest
student enrollment to Elon College
in the fifty-seven-year history of the
school. So great has been the increase
that campus housing facilities have
been taxed to their utmost, although a
partially completed project of 60 pre
fabricated houses for married Veter
ans promises to ease the difficulty
considerably." >|
All available dormitory space for
men students is filled, and the three
women’s dormitories—West, East, and
Ladies’ Hall—are accommodating at
least as many occupants as in pre
vious years. Housing the men are
North and South Dorms, the Cluk
House, Oak Lodge, Veterans Court,
and Mooney building.
At present, only 18 of the proposed
60 apartments for married couples are
complete, but construction is proceed
ing on 18 more and a second unit of
24 is expected to be completed be
fore the end of the year. The apart
ments, located just off the northwest
corner of the campus, were formerly
government owned and come fully
equipped.
Preparations for the record-breaking
enrollment were begun shortly after
V-J Dagf, August 14, 1945, and an ink
ling of things to comewas had last
winter, wVfen a hundred returning Vet
erans descended on the registrar’s of
fice, almost overnight, to pick up their
books again instead of guns.
With fourteen new members on the
college faculty, the wheels of educa
tion are rolling as smoothly as could
be hoped for under the present crowd
ed conditions. The onlj serious dif
ficulty thus far has been the short
age of textbogfts which ev^fctdlc^a
in the country is feeling.
Heading the history-making student
body as its president for 1946-’47 is
Fred Register, Sanford senior. Other
student body officers are; Wayne Tay
lor, Efland, vice-president; Don Ker-
nodle, Ossipee, secretary; and Bill
Copeland, Sunbury, treasurer. Joe
Golombeik. Portsmouth, Va., is presi
dent of the Student Senate, and Miss
Louise Clayton, Prospect Hill, is pres
ident of the Student Council.
Peak Membership Seen
As S.C.A, Drive Begins
Selected over 30 rivals, in a
special tryout at Burlington High
school. Miss Maxie Graham, Haw
Rivei', was chosen yesterday to
play the part of ‘‘Judy” in the
forthooming Elon Players produc-
tioB, “Juoior Miss,’'
Tryonts for the three remain
ing female and thirteen male roles
will be held Monday and Tatesday,
from 4:30 to 6 p. m., ia lilooner
GluveL
Determined to secure the greatest
number of active members in the or
ganization’s history, the Student
Christian Association opened its 1§46
membership drive this week. Already
a large number of students have
signed pledges, in which they prom
ise to foster Christian principles in
their campus life. A recruiting station
has been set up in the Alamance
Building, where it will remain open
to applicants until Wednesday, Sep
tember 25. Every student is invited to
join, and jpay do so by merely “sign
ing on the dotted line.”
The drive, planned by the senior
cabinet of the S. C. A., was opened
with a chapel program Wednesday
morning, at which the aims and p«r-
poses *f the Association were ex
plained.
The Student Christian Association
functions in three groups, which ^r-
ry out the various phases of work.
These groups are: Service, directed by
‘jane McCauley, Waveiiy, Va.; Social,
headed by Fred Yarborough, Roxboro;
and Religious, Ifd by Marjory Reidt,
Waltham, Mass. Activities of the
groups include the conducting of Sun
day vespers, Studeht Sunday school,
and Morning Watch Prayer services,
and the planning of student social af
fairs.
The senior cabinet of the organiza
tion is headed by Bob Grahafn Meb-
ane, president; Kermit Inman, Free
land, vice-president; and Fleta Mof-
fitt, Greensboro, secretary. Senior
S.C.A. members meet every Thursday
night at 8 o’clock, in Professor Bar
ney’s classroom. The Freshman S. C.
A. holds its meetings at the same
time, in Mooney chapel.
At the initial Freshman S. C. A.
meeting Thursday evening, a good rep
resentation of students was present,
and election of officers held. Baxter
Twiddy, Norfolk, Va., was voted pres
ident; Warren Johnson, Jersey City, N.
J., vice-president; and Mary Schuster,
Bloomfield, N. J., ,aecret«iiy and treas
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